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EL DORADO HILLS, Calif., March 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- The prolonged downturn in the economy has had a significant impact not only on contractors, but also the surety's that underwrite license bonds in California. The California construction boom throughout the 2000's led to increased competition amongst many sureties that previously took a relaxed stance on credit scores when issuing license bonds on behalf of California contractors. When the construction boom ended, claims...

SALT LAKE CITY, March 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Zions Direct, the online broker-dealer that allows its customers to purchase corporate bonds in its daily web-based auctions, announces its weekly auction results. In auctions closed from February 27, 2012 to March 2, 2012, investors purchasing corporate bonds in the auctions received average taxable yields 0.14 percentage points, or 14 basis points, higher than comparable bonds reported in FINRA's Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine...

HAIFA, Israel, March 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Oil Refineries Ltd. (TASE: ORL.TA) (hereinafter "the Company,""ORL"), Israel's largest integrated refining and petrochemical group, announced today that a meeting of the Company's non-publicly traded bond holders (securities no. 2590131, 2590123) ("the Bonds") to be convened at the Company's offices on the 26th floor of the Azrieli Towers Square Tower Building at 132 Menachem Begin Rd., Tel-Aviv, on Tuesday, March 27, 2012, at...

SALT LAKE CITY, March 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Zions Direct, the online broker-dealer that allows its customers to purchase municipal bonds in its daily web-based auctions, announces its weekly auction results. In auctions closed from February 27, 2012 to March 2, 2012, investors purchasing municipal bonds in the auctions received average tax-exempt yields 0.62 percentage points, or 62 basis points, higher than similar bonds as reported by the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board...

COVINGTON, La., March 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. (NYSE: HOS) (the "Company") announced today that it has commenced a cash tender offer (the "Offer") to purchase any and all of its $300,000,000 outstanding aggregate principal amount 6.125% Senior Notes due 2014 (CUSIP 440543 AB 2) (the "Notes"). In connection with the Offer, the Company is soliciting consents (the "Consent Solicitation") to proposed amendments that would eliminate most of the...

SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Zions Direct, the online broker-dealer that allows its customers to purchase corporate bonds in its daily web-based auctions, announces its weekly auction results. In auctions closed from February 20, 2012 to February 24, 2012, investors purchasing corporate bonds in the auctions received average taxable yields 0.37 percentage points, or 30 basis points, higher than comparable bonds reported in FINRA's Trade Reporting and Compliance...

TICKER SYMBOL (NYSE: UFS) (TSX:UFS) MONTREAL, Feb. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Domtar Corporation (NYSE: UFS) (TSX: UFS) today announced that it is commencing a cash tender offer for an aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 10.75% Notes due 2017 (the "First Priority Notes"), 9.5% Notes due 2016 (the "Second Priority Notes"), 7.125% Notes due 2015 (the "Third Priority Notes") and 5.375% Notes due 2013 (the "Fourth Priority Notes" and together with the First Priority Notes,...

MIGDAL HAEMEK, Israel, February 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- TowerJazz, the global specialty foundry leader, announced today that the Company received binding commitments from Israeli institutional investors for investments of approximately of NIS 240 million (approximately $64 million) in an expansion of an existing series of long-term bonds issued in 2010 ('Series F Bonds'), maturing in two equal installments in December 2015 and December 2016. The Series F Bonds are...

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHTR) (along with its subsidiaries, the "Company" or "Charter") today announced the final results of the previously announced cash tender offers for the Charter Communications Operating, LLC ("Charter Operating") 8.00% Senior Second Lien Notes due 2012 ("2012 Notes"), the Charter Operating 10.875% Senior Second Lien Notes due 2014 ("2014 Notes") and the CCH II, LLC ("CCH II") 13.50% Senior Notes due 2016...

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Feb. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Construction Services Insurance Agency (CSIA), the leading provider of contractor bond solutions in California, offers "instant" contractor bonds for California contractors, with no paperwork required for California license bonds. "At CSIA no paperwork is needed to get your California contractor's license bond," said a CSIA representative. "Just fill out our quick and easy online application and buy now - your contractor's license...